29-03-2024 12:25 PM Jerusalem Timing

Al-Nusra Spokesman, Son, 20 Terrorists Killed in Idleb Strikes

Al-Nusra Spokesman, Son, 20 Terrorists Killed in Idleb Strikes

The spokesman for Al-Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate, Al-Nusra Front takfiri group, his son and 20 other terrorists were killed in air strikes Sunday in the northeast of the country

Al-Nusra spokesperson in Idleb killedThe spokesman for Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, Al-Nusra Front takfiri group, his son and 20 other terrorists were killed in air strikes Sunday in the northeast of the country, a monitor group said.

"Abu Firas al-Suri, his son and at least 20 jihadists of Al-Nusra and Jund al-Aqsa and jihadists from Uzbekistan were killed in strikes on positions in Idleb province," UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights chief Rami Abdel Rahman said in a statement.

The monitor said it was not immediately clear if the raids were carried out by Syrian regime warplanes or their Russian allies.

Abdel Rahman indicated that Suri was meeting with other leading terrorists in Kafar Jales when the raids took place.

Two other Al-Nusra and Jund al-Aqsa targets were also hit and many were seriously injured, he added.

Syrian Suri, real name Radwan Nammous, fought against the Soviet forces in Afghanistan where he met Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and Abdullah Azzam, a bin Laden mentor, before returning to Syria in 2011, the AFP reported citing his supporters on Twitter.

On Wednesday, a drone strike near Syrian Al-Raqqa province killed a terrorist commander, according to the Observatory, the latest in a series of blows to the terrorists in recent weeks.